[13][14] The new centre has almost 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of retail, restaurant and leisure space including a new John Lewis, a rooftop dining terrace with views across Oxford's skyline, and a five screen Curzon Cinema.

[17] The 2017 Westgate has features and facilities including:[15] When the original centre was built in the 1970s, excavations for the service basements destroyed archaeological remains of part of medieval Oxford.

[23] There have also been concerns over the imposing and largely windowless wall at the southwest of the latest redevelopment on Oxpens Road by conservationists, including the Oxford Civic Society.

[24] Oxfordshire County Council sought to ban buses from using Queen Street, which passes the Westgate Centre's main entrance.

The council alleged that the increase in pedestrian numbers generated by the enlarged shopping centre would mean that it would no longer be safe for buses to use the street.

The Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, declined the application, pointing out that the council had failed to provide evidence of its claim.